Forcing frame or inclosure for horticultural or other purposes.



W. CUTLER. FORGING FRAME 0R INGLOSURE FOR HORTIGULTURAL OR OTHER PURPOSES.

APPLICATION FILED 0033.4, 1909.

958,956. v Patented May24, 1910.

WILLIAM CUTLER, OF EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

FOROING- FRAME OR INCLOSURE FOR HORTICULTURAL OR OTHER PURPOSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 24, 1910.

Application filed October 4, 1909. Serial No. 520,997.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM CUTLER, a subject of the Kingdom of Great Britain, residing at 10 VVheeleys road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Forcing Frames or Inclosures for Horticultural or other Purposes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to forcing frames and inclosures for horticultural or other purposes and refers particularly to those frames in which the lower portion of the light rests in grooves formed in the base frame while the upper portions butt against a longitudinally disposed member, the present improvements comprising means whereby the lights may be retained within sup ports upon the frame when such lights are out of use.

Reference may be had to the appended explanatory sheet of drawings upon which- Figure 1 is a general perspective view showing the frame closed. Fig. 2 shows the frame in the open position. Fig. 3 is a sectional view upon the line 1-2 of Fig. 1.

In a convenient embodiment of this invention the forcing inclosure is bounded by a base frame A of rectangular configuration, and which may preferably consist of single boards or planks a of Woodwork secured at the corners in any suitable manner and forming .the medium whereby the inclosure is protected from wind and such like atmospheric influence. The said rectangular base frame A is provided centrally at each extremity with a standard or upright post a which posts are adapted to carry a central longitudinal beam a forming the'apex of the glazed top or roof of the inclosure. The upper edges of the wood-work a forming the rectangular frame A are grooved at a, for the reception of the edges of'the glass a and the sides a of the vertical standards a are likewise grooved so that by the appropriate insertion of four triangular panes of glass (0 the extremities of the inclosure are effectively glazed. Rectangular or square panes B of glass are then disposed obliquely with their lower edges resting in the grooves a* within the longitudinal base members a of the frame A, the said obliquely disposed panes B abutting one with the other and also with the hypotenuses of the triangular panes a? to completely cover the inclosure. The central longitudinal beam a may be of cross section suited to the eflicient support of the upper edges of the oblique panes B, and may have a protector cap 6 or longitudinal cover of metal, embracing the upper edges of the oblique panes on both sides, suflicient play being allowed between the panes B and the cover I) to allow of their lower edges being lifted out of the base grooves a in the process of their removal.

At positions substantially corresponding with the abutting edges of the oblique panes, vertical spacing members 6 are secured externally to the side members a of the base frame A, and similar members are also provided at the extremities of said side members, outside strips O being connected to the vertical spacing members and forming pockets for the panes B, such vertical members being grooved for the reception of the panes of glass B when not covering the roof of the frame as in Fig. 2. Suitable stops or supports 0 are secured to the side members of the base frame at positions intermediate to the vertical members 6 said stops C having for their purpose to form bases for the panes of glass B when in the out-of-use position shown in Fig. 2. It will be obvious that the panes of glass B when in such out of use position may extend considerably above the top edges of the base frame A and thereby effect a partial protection of the inclosure.

By virtue of the provision whereb the panes are satisfactorily installed in the rame both when the in-use and out-of-use position not only is the possibility of breakage of the glass very materially reduced, but the entire frame is adapted for removal from one position to another with considerable facility.

Having now described my invention, I declare that what I desire to secure by Letters Patent is A forcing frame comprising a base having its top edges grooved, standards at two opposite sides of the base having their sides grooved, a lon itudinal beam connecting the upper ends of the standards together, an obliquely disposed translucent cover with its bottom edge resting in the grooves of the In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

WILLIAM CUTLER.

Witnesses:

LEWIS WM. GooLD, WALTER H. E. BARTLAM. 

